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Hi,
I have an HTC Desire (2 months), and I was wondering if I could root it without flashing anything (a new rom). And if so, how?
Is this step enough? ( http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=8729606&postcount=3 )
Thanks in advance,
Remy
If you just want to root it for now then you just need to use unrEVOked 3.21
However, why do you want to root your phone?
EddyOS said:
If you just want to root it for now then you just need to use unrEVOked 3.21
However, why do you want to root your phone?
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Maybe I want to flash it later.
The main reason is that I can take screenshots without using a PC
I tried it. I turned USB Debugging on, put it on "charge only" and started the program. But it keeps saying:
Waiting for device. Plug phone in now and enable USB debugging. Make sure HTC sync is *not* installed
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Can anyone help?
(I also tried starting the program, plugging in the phone, and enabling USB debugging with no succes.
Under windows make sure the drivers are installed or get Linux running somehow(dualboot, of a cd or usb stick or virtual machine). Then use Unrevoked again from Linux.
TheGhost1233 said:
Under windows make sure the drivers are installed or get Linux running somehow(dualboot, of a cd or usb stick or virtual machine). Then use Unrevoked again from Linux.
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I'm gonna try to install and uninstall HTC Sync for the drivers (that should work, right?). If that doesn't work I will try a Live-cd
Rooted
Lock?
I did it yesterday on a brand new Desire. I have a PC and a Mac, so the Mac option sounded easier - simple one click.
The first time it gave me an error half way through, The second time it worked within about 5 mins. I've just flashed my first custom ROM a minute ago
Hi, today a have tried to root my htc desire using revoked 2 method. I was unable to install usb drivers. And now i cant even mount desire as hard drive. Computer still reports that device is unknown. I tried different usb ports, 2 different cabels, windows xp and seven. Before everything worked fine. Do you thing it is possible, that i damaged phone, when i plug it out just disconnecting cable?
Which version of unrEVOked did you try? I seems like a driver issue as you have to install the modified Hboot drivers for unrEVOked in a certain way before unrEVOked will work. If you attempted root with unrEVOked 3.21, did you follow the steps mentioned in thi thread?:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=776696
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http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/windows_hboot_driver_install
MasDroid said:
Which version of unrEVOked did you try? I seems like a driver issue as you have to install the modified Hboot drivers for unrEVOked in a certain way before unrEVOked will work. If you attempted root with unrEVOked 3.21, did you follow the steps mentioned in thi thread?:
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=776696
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http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/windows_hboot_driver_install
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I used this tutorial http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=788044
and I stuck at 3. point... On your phone, you will have to select HBOOT USB at that menu by pressing volume down four times, then power. Wait until the screen flashes through an “SD Checking” message before pressing buttons; otherwise, the phone will ignore keypresses.
and after that i am unable to connect desire to pc... no way...seems like something happend with usb driver in phone or i dont know...just i ve tried 3 computers for now and every reports same when I connect usb, that device is unknown
What Hboot do you have?
What is your PVT version? (also check the Bootloader for this info)
0.93.0001 and I forgot...I stucked at third point because i got there no option HBOOT USB
benefic said:
0.93.0001 and I forgot...I stucked at third point because i got there no option HBOOT USB
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And your PVT version?
Bravo pvt1 ship s-on
hboot-0.93.0001
benefic said:
Bravo pvt1 ship s-on
hboot-0.93.0001
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Ok, thank you for that info.
To tell you the truth, with unrEVOked 3.21, you must install the modified HBOOT drivers for it to work, otherwise it will not work at all.
Please try following this guide as it is definately requied. I asked you above if you had tried going through it, you mentioned that you had only tried using the guide in the first link, but you definately need to have the modified HBOOT drivers installed to proceed.
http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/windows_hboot_driver_install
Try what is suggested and let me know if you can proceed past step three after configuring the HBOOT drivers first, as it is a must.
MasDroid said:
Ok, thank you for that info.
To tell you the truth, with unrEVOked 3.21, you must install the modified HBOOT drivers for it to work, otherwise it will not work at all.
Please try following this guide as it is definately requied. I asked you above if you had tried going through it, you mentioned that you had only tried using the guide in the first link, but you definately need to have the modified HBOOT drivers installed to proceed.
http://unrevoked.com/rootwiki/doku.php/public/windows_hboot_driver_install
Try what is suggested and let me know if you can proceed past step three after configuring the HBOOT drivers first, as it is a must.
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Well I tried connecting usb cable in bootloader menu but no HBOOT USB PLUG appeared and in device manager i dont have Android 1.0 device. and this is the problem.
benefic said:
Well I tried connecting usb cable in bootloader menu but no HBOOT USB PLUG appeared and in device manager i dont have Android 1.0 device. and this is the problem.
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Hmm... yes i see what you mean. Unrevoked is fussy regarding drivers. Try the following:
1) Uninstall HTC Sync completely, the HTC Driver Setup, and HTC BMP Driver if present.
2) Reboot and reinstall the HTC Sync software (latest version).
3) Now uninstall HTC Sync Alone. Keep other two (HTC Driver Setup and HTC BMP Driver) installed.
4) Reboot your PC again.
Note: do not connect phone to PC at all and make sure the phone is switched off.
5) Switch your phone to the Bootloader screen. Connect the phone via USB and it should show Fastboot USB.
6) Windows will show the device detection dialog box - at this point, stop Windows from getting the driver from Windows Update, and manually choose the location of the driver as the folder where Unrevoked driver is present.
7) After this is done, diconnect phone again.
8) Go through the unrEVOked guide and connect the phone when advised to.
If this fails, then try unrEVOked 3.22 (in my sig below) and see how that goes and although you have mentioned that you have tried 3 different PC's, you may have to consider trying it on a different OS platform, such as Linux.
MasDroid said:
Hmm... yes i see what you mean. Unrevoked is fussy regarding drivers. Try the following:
1) Uninstall HTC Sync completely, the HTC Driver Setup, and HTC BMP Driver if present.
2) Reboot and reinstall the HTC Sync software (latest version).
3) Now uninstall HTC Sync Alone. Keep other two (HTC Driver Setup and HTC BMP Driver) installed.
4) Reboot your PC again.
Note: do not connect phone to PC at all and make sure the phone is switched off.
5) Switch your phone to the Bootloader screen. Connect the phone via USB and it should show Fastboot USB.
6) Windows will show the device detection dialog box - at this point, stop Windows from getting the driver from Windows Update, and manually choose the location of the driver as the folder where Unrevoked driver is present.
7) After this is done, diconnect phone again.
8) Go through the unrEVOked guide and connect the phone when advised to.
If this fails, then try unrEVOked 3.22 (in my sig below) and see how that goes and although you have mentioned that you have tried 3 different PC's, you may have to consider trying it on a different OS platform, such as Linux.
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ok, i tried what you suggest, but desire refused any other driver...and keep installing unknown usb device driver
benefic said:
ok, i tried what you suggest, but desire refused any other driver...and keep installing unknown usb device driver
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Try downloading the Android SDK: installer_r08-windows.exe
Follow the steps in this video to hopefully get the appropriate USB drivers - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N66J6UiN5Pg&feature=player_embedded
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With the phone connected, try the following afterwards:
Check to make sure that you have USB Debugging enabled on your phone.
In Device Manager, right-click your Unknown Android device and select 'Update Driver Software'. Browse to the folder (extract the zip to the Desktop) i have attached below and see if it installs them.
MasDroid said:
Try downloading the Android SDK: installer_r08-windows.exe
Follow the steps in this video to hopefully get the appropriate USB drivers - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N66J6UiN5Pg&feature=player_embedded
Try the following afterwards:
In Device Manager, right-click your Unknown Android device and select 'Update Driver Software' (Make sure you are connected to the Internet to search for available drivers via Windows Update).
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OK, i will try the thing with sdk..i am downloading files right now, but that makes no sense to download any other windows drivers. I think the problem is inside of the phone, because it represents itself like unknown device to any computer with any drivers...if there is a way to restore flash memory or something...well looks like i will have to wait one month for reclamation...how this could happen my god
benefic said:
OK, i will try the thing with sdk..i am downloading files right now, but that makes no sense to download any other windows drivers. I think the problem is inside of the phone, because it represents itself like unknown device to any computer with any drivers...if there is a way to restore flash memory or something...well looks like i will have to wait one month for reclamation...how this could happen my god
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I agree... it is clearly an HBOOT driver issue or the phone... Windows (PC host) drivers are seperate. I was just running out of ideas really
The only definate way of knowing if it is the device that is causing this issue is if you were to try it on a non-Windows related OS, like Linux and maybe it would work for you using an Ubuntu Live CD.
MasDroid said:
I agree... it is clearly an HBOOT driver issue or the phone... Windows (PC host) drivers are seperate. I was just running out of ideas really
The only definate way of knowing if it is the device that is causing this issue is if you were to try it on a non-Windows related OS, like Linux and maybe it would work for you using an Ubuntu Live CD.
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well this is good idea...do you think it could also fix the usb issue for windows when i will root my phone in linux?
benefic said:
well this is good idea...do you think it could also fix the usb issue for windows when i will root my phone in linux?
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Yes, because it is not as fussy with drivers as Windows is - with Windows, they have to be properly removed from its cache. With Linux, the phone should be detected ok (unless the phone is at fault).
Here is a simple guide that you can follow:
http://rootmydroid.co.uk/guides/desire/howtolinux-root-your-desire-using-unrevoked-in-linux/
Keep those fingers crossed
MasDroid said:
Yes, because it is not as fussy with drivers as Windows is - with Windows, they have to be properly removed from its cache. With Linux, the phone should be detected ok (unless the phone is at fault).
Here is a simple guide that you can follow:
http://rootmydroid.co.uk/guides/desire/howtolinux-root-your-desire-using-unrevoked-in-linux/
Keep those fingers crossed
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So, linux didnt work either, system didnt even recognize that anything was plug in. Even crossed fingers dident help Well only last thing I have to ask, if there is any possibility to recover hboot, restore it somehow. Forexample through recovery menu in hboot loader and some kind of .zip file, that i will put to SD card. If not, well I will have to step out to that freezing weather and walk to orange store for reclamation, which I hope would be positive for me, but something telling me it surely will.
I found something about usb unbrick here on xda forum, but is only for root phones
well i found this http://forum.xda-developers.com/showpost.php?p=9056719&postcount=15 i think it could work, just i dont know a way how to discover my CID number..to modify mtd0.img file
ok, i did everything step by step using rageagainstthecage tutorial, but nothing happend at all.
If anyone could help...
Are you able to get into Fastboot?
I suppose running your stock RUU in Hboot won't make a difference then... how about trying the PB99IMG method, which involves renaming the extracted rom.zip file to PB99IMG.zip from your stock RUU, placing this to the root of your SD card and then letting it run from Fastboot mode. This would restore your stock Hboot. You could also try AlphaRev's modified 0.93 HBOOT with S-OFF?
I decided to S-OFF my Desire, so I downloaded alpharev.iso and burnt it to my usb stick.
I booted the USB and plugged in my device when the software says so;
Step 1 complete.
Step 2: Waiting for BOOTLOADER....
Error finding device
And the Desire starts rebooting to the splash screen continuously......
an hour later I unplugged it and it's alive....
I really want to S-OFF it but what went wrong?
Well... could be either you haven't got the drivers installed, you haven't got usb debugging enabled or you didn't let it have root access.
Meaple said:
Well... could be either you haven't got the drivers installed
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HTC Sync drivers? I have them insatlled.
Meaple said:
you haven't got usb debugging enabled
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It is enabled.
Meaple said:
you didn't let it have root access.
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I pressed allow.
I had the same problem.
Solved it by first installing an Rooted Stock Rom from HERE.
Read THIS post about s-off.
Is says:
PREREQUISITES :
•a ROOTed HTC Desire ROM with debugging option enabled on it.
•a computer running Windows XP/Vista/Seven (32 or 64 bits), Linux, or Emulation via WMware etc.
•a computer which can boot USB devices (for USB method only)
•a branded USB Key 32Mb or more (for USB method) or a CD to burn (for CD method).
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edit: Sorry, just saw in your signature that tou allready have a rooted stock rom.
Quite odd, I tried again the same thing happened!
kareemsamman said:
Quite odd, I tried again the same thing happened!
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did you try to plug in the USB cable after the message or before.
I waited for the last message to plug in the phone, then it worked.
I plugged the USB cable to my PC after the "Waiting For Device" message
BUMP! 10 char
And after the procedure, I had 10 Mb of internal storage left, while before there was about 25mb
Witch method do you use?
1 USB
2 CD
3 VM
Tryed another method?
USB Method
try useing another method, if it's not working ask for help in the s-off guide I mentioned before.
Can anyone help me?
I'm running windows 8 64-bit, and I have an HTC One from VZW.
The phone is recognized via ADB, but whenever I get into the bootloader, it tells me the device isnt recognized and I can't do any fastboot commands with it. I was able to root and use fastboot on my N7 2013 from the same PC, so this is frustrating because I want to send my One in to sonic but if I can't DO anything when I s-off there's no point in sending it it.
If anyone can help I'd appreciate it.
Thanks
PS - I've only tried this PC, no others. It may work on my macbook but thats away for repair.
crazyg0od33 said:
Can anyone help me?
I'm running windows 8 64-bit, and I have an HTC One from VZW.
The phone is recognized via ADB, but whenever I get into the bootloader, it tells me the device isnt recognized and I can't do any fastboot commands with it. I was able to root and use fastboot on my N7 2013 from the same PC, so this is frustrating because I want to send my One in to sonic but if I can't DO anything when I s-off there's no point in sending it it.
If anyone can help I'd appreciate it.
Thanks
PS - I've only tried this PC, no others. It may work on my macbook but thats away for repair.
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I would just install HTC Sync, sounds like it's a driver issue and HTC Sync will provide those needed new drivers for HTC.
andybones said:
I would just install HTC Sync, sounds like it's a driver issue and HTC Sync will provide those needed new drivers for HTC.
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So just install and plug my phone in and the drivers will be installed?
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EDIT - that didnt do anything
Looks like I need to try something else...
crazyg0od33 said:
EDIT - that didnt do anything
Looks like I need to try something else...
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sorry, thought I read it installed all the new drivers, you could try using Google to find the HTC current drivers, I can give you the numbers I have on mine my cpu is win 7 64bit not sure if it'll help but when in "uninstall or change a program" my HTC BMP USB Driver driver # is 1.0.5375
and my HTC Driver Installer driver # is 4.0.1.001
can't say it this helps at all but this is the CPU I used that I fixed the issue with
Best of luck!
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sorry, thought I read it installed all the new drivers, you could try using Google to find the HTC current drivers, I can give you the numbers I have on mine my cpu is win 7 64bit not sure if it'll help but when in "uninstall or change a program" my HTC BMP USB Driver driver # is 1.0.5375
and my HTC Driver Installer driver # is 4.0.1.001
can't say it this helps at all but this is the CPU I used that I fixed the issue with
Best of luck!
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My BMP is the same but my HTC Driver Installer is 4.0.3.001
Maybe I can find that other one and it will work for me
Here is a previous post I made to another guy having the same problem. Not sure if this will help but this is what I did.
I had this problem too running windows 8 x64. I think my problem was that I installed the sdk first with google's USB driver and not HTC's driver. What I did to make it work is switch computers over to my wifes which at the time I hadn't installed anything on yet. I went to htcdev.com and went to the part of the site where it is step-by-step on how to unlock the bootloader. I installed the Java Runtime Environment on the link provided on the upper right side of the site, then I installed the HTC sync manager on the link provided as well. I had my phone connected to my computer usb 2.0 (not usb 3.0) the whole time and with USB debugging enabled (not in fastboot mode, but with phone normally on). After that I took the three files from the sdk that htc wants you to place in a separate folder and put them in c:\Android. I did not install anything from sdk this go around.. i just took the three files out and put them in a separate folder as instructed by htc. After that I opened cmd and directed it to the folder I placed the files in (cd c:\Android) and ran command "adb reboot bootlader" Once I did that and hit fastboot the "My HTC" in device manager no longer had an exclamation point. So in summary, I couldn't reverse the drivers from my computer that I installed first so I resorted to using my wife's computer that didn't have anything installed yet. I installed JRE, then HTC sync software, and just used the 3 files HTC wants from sdk and placed them into a separate folder. I didn't install anything from sdk. It all worked after that. I don't have instructions on how to reverse the usb drivers you have already installed because I couldn't figure it out... in fact, I formatted windows on my pc and am reinstalling. Hope this helps.
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eL_777 said:
Here is a previous post I made to another guy having the same problem. Not sure if this will help but this is what I did.
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Yeah I'm going to try it out on my roommates laptop that only has samsung drivers and the ADB installed and see what happens. Can't reformat the PC cause it's my School desktop and I've got work on there.
Once my macbook pro comes back from repairs I'll use that though, since I've never had issues running adb commands on my mac
Found a soultion
After I tried almost everything I tried to improvise and try something totally different and it worked!
First uninstall the driver in the Device Manger and then press to update it >> then press Browse my Computer for driver Software >> then press on Let me pick from list.... >> in the list choose the Portable Devices >> choose MPT USB Drive !
And It works...
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gald said:
After I tried almost everything I tried to improvise and try something totally different and it worked!
First uninstall the driver in the Device Manger and then press to update it >> then press Browse my Computer for driver Software >> then press on Let me pick from list.... >> in the list choose the Portable Devices >> choose MPT USB Drive !
And It works...
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MPT USB Drive isnt one of my options
However I've found that it's microsofts USB3 drivers, which override the Intel ones.
I just got my macbook back from repairs and it has USB3 ports as well so I was worried it wouldnt work, but its working fine from there
I'm having this same problem and nothing I do is working. I even tried from another computer but had no luck. adb finds the phone fine but fastboot just won't work. This is keeping me from getting S-Off. Someone please help.
Edit: Nevermind I think the issue is that I'm using Windows 8.1
I'm having the same problem I'm windows 8 64bit...
I have a nagging feeling that it's pda net.. I need to look into it today sometime
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Hi all,
I'm sure this is the right place to ask, but i'm using xamarin to do some dev, been using it for years and love it, have no problems debugging at all. However with the G4, despite me having USB debugging enabled, it never prompts me to authorize my computer and therefore the G4 never appears in my list of devices which I can debug with. When I connect USB the phone shows the icon to say it's in USB Debugging mode but still makes no difference.
a call to adb devices doesn't list it at all.
Can anyone offer any advice as to why I can't use it for debugging?
Thanks in advance
_Belial said:
Hi all,
I'm sure this is the right place to ask, but i'm using xamarin to do some dev, been using it for years and love it, have no problems debugging at all. However with the G4, despite me having USB debugging enabled, it never prompts me to authorize my computer and therefore the G4 never appears in my list of devices which I can debug with. When I connect USB the phone shows the icon to say it's in USB Debugging mode but still makes no difference.
a call to adb devices doesn't list it at all.
Can anyone offer any advice as to why I can't use it for debugging?
Thanks in advance
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Install the LG Unified Drivers.
SUperb, that worked a treat, many thanks.
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SUperb, that worked a treat, many thanks.
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mind posting a link to the drivers? thanks
If you are running Linux change the connection type on the phone to camera not mtp.
Sure thing, these are the ones I installed and worked fine for me
http://tool.xcdn.gdms.lge.com/dn/downloader.dev?fileKey=UW00320110909
Sure thing, these are the ones I installed and worked fine for me
http://tool.xcdn.gdms.lge.com/dn/downloader.dev?fileKey=UW00320110909
_Belial said:
Sure thing, these are the ones I installed and worked fine for me
http://tool.xcdn.gdms.lge.com/dn/downloader.dev?fileKey=UW00320110909
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thanks but I think these are for a mac according to the file name.
climo said:
thanks but I think these are for a mac according to the file name.
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Here's the windows version: http://tool.xcdn.gdms.lge.com/dn/downloader.dev?fileKey=UW00120120425
I'm having issues even after installing the unified driver. Any help would be appreciated
Linux drivers/firmware?
Anyone seen anything related to linux software support for the phone?
My dev environment is Linux want to adb to phone through linux (in my particular case ubuntu 15.04).
anyone know how to search on LG's site to find the drivers there?
They have one of those sites that pretends everything magically works so why would anyone want scary things like drivers
last night I had to select the third option in the list to get android studio to see my g4. I think it was STP or something about photo mode. When i had it in MTP (or whatever the middle option was) it never worked.
I use Mac 10.10 and didn't need any drivers, just had to select this option on my phone once plugged in.
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cuhead528 said:
Anyone seen anything related to linux software support for the phone?
My dev environment is Linux want to adb to phone through linux (in my particular case ubuntu 15.04).
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Did you get adb to wotk from ubuntu? I don't see the G4 but my other androids?
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Termehansen said:
Did you get adb to wotk from ubuntu? I don't see the G4 but my other androids?
Hi - I did get the AndroidSDK working, including ADB, with the LG G4. So there's that. Have been able to read all the information off the phone, but haven't done much beyond that to repartition the file system.
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crogue5 said:
last night I had to select the third option in the list to get android studio to see my g4. I think it was STP or something about photo mode. When i had it in MTP (or whatever the middle option was) it never worked.
I use Mac 10.10 and didn't need any drivers, just had to select this option on my phone once plugged in.
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Thank you! That is exactly what I had to do. I could never successfully run "adb devices" on my Xubuntu system against my G4. Once I set it to PTP instead of MTP (USB debugging already enabled), my phone popped up asking for permission to allow USB debugging from the computer. Click OK, ran "adb devices" and the device is listed.